This Vital Signs issue discusses the Danaher's acquisition of Cepheid for nearly $4 Billion in cash, and Orphan Drug Expenditures in the United States: A Historical and Prospective Analysis, 2007–2013.

This Vital Signs issue discusses the clinical diagnostics laboratory tests payment system, approval of a Zika test kit, the impact on innovation of mergers in the pharma/biotech industry, and national healthcare expenditure projections through 2025.

The infrastructure of the contact center is undergoing change from hardware to software-based. In large part this is driven by the emergence of IP (internet protocol) technologies promise greater deployment flexibility and lower costs. This Insight discusses the drivers and benefits of IP along with risks involved and a timeline for market penetrat...

As the smartphone market matures in developed countries, the two most important companies recently outlined their growth strategies. Apple is targeting the high-end smartphone with larger screens and the wearable category with Apple Watch.

Networking provider Cisco launched a new next generation firewall (NGFW) product on 16 September 2014, as part of its portfolio of Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) firewalls. The release marks an interesting development in a market where the convergence of NGFW and intrusion prevention systems (IPS) is gathering momentum

Despite significant challenges, the Internet economy is to remain a growth hotspot in Russia’s economic landscape—that is the easiest but most important conclusion one can make from this year’s press conference related to the results of the annual study of the Russian Internet Economy (2013–2014).

While everyday consumers are accustomed to streaming video ‘anytime-anywhere’ on their smartphones, critical communications users have missed out on many of the latest technology advances. Although employees in public safety, utilities, and transportation can turn to their personal phones for convenient access to email, maps, and other basic se...

On 9 September 2014, the iPhone 6 and the long-anticipated Apple Watch were unveiled at Apple’s keynote address. The most surprising development, however, was Apple’s announcement of Apple Pay, a mobile wallet technology that enables contactless payment from an array of cards stored on a single iPhone.

In previous articles, Frost & Sullivan described how open innovation (OI) means that Innovation Has Left the Lab: A Primer and First Step on an Open Innovation Journey and how ICT Takes Open Innovation to the Rest of the Economy.